Posted January 10, 20232 yr Good news for Central: The old Goodwill Industries bldg at E 55 and Central could be re-used for a poultry plant that would create 225 new jobs. "A company that sells pre-made meals to school cafeterias is planning on opening a new poultry-processing plant in Cleveland and has won a $9.6 million grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. International Food Solutions, a Florida-based company with Cleveland ties, plans on redeveloping a vacant building on the corner of East 55th Street and Central Avenue. The building used to be occupied by Goodwill Industries of Greater Cleveland...." https://www.cleveland.com/news/2023/01/frozen-meal-producer-gets-96-million-grant-for-plant-in-cleveland.html
January 10, 20232 yr From last April.... https://neo-trans.blog/2022/04/30/food-biz-feasts-on-east-side-expansion/ "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
April 22, 20241 yr Vacant factory that built Hulett ore unloaders purchased by Cleveland’s new $50M Site Readiness Fund CLEVELAND, Ohio — An immense vacant factory in Cleveland’s Central neighborhood, where massive Hulett ore unloading cranes were made more than a century ago, will have a new shot at economic life as the first major acquisition of the city’s $50 million Site Readiness for Good Jobs Fund. The city announced Monday that the site readiness fund closed on an $845,000 deal to acquire the triangular, 10-acre property at 7000 Central Ave. on Cleveland’s East Side that includes the 183,000-square-foot Wellman-Seaver-Morgan factory. https://www.cleveland.com/news/2024/04/vacant-factory-that-built-hulett-ore-unloaders-purchased-by-clevelands-new-50m-site-readiness-fund.html ---- Can't believe the city paid essentially squatter investors for the building (I get it, capitalism!) but man, this building has been falling apart, wide open, and getting worse every time I've gone by. I guess if you want progress you've got to play with these folks - looking at transfers Cristie Lites LLC bought it in 2017 for ~$738k so not like they made a huge profit, but still. More info on the building: https://architecturalafterlife.com/2021/11/mcdowell-wellman-seaver/ Edited April 22, 20241 yr by GISguy
April 22, 20241 yr I doubt that the current owner made any money at all. The current owners have paid about $25,000 per year in property tax since 2017. I assume this fund will likely demolish everything on site and clean up the land.
April 22, 20241 yr 27 minutes ago, freefourur said: I assume this fund will likely demolish everything on site and clean up the land. The article (which is freely available to read by just googling the headline), seems to suggest that the site is reasonably clean and repurposing the existing structure is their primary aim. My hovercraft is full of eels
April 24, 20241 yr I can imagine about a half dozen awesome ways for this building to be repurposed. Would be awesome to have business incubators, that opened up to a shared indoor park area where the large overhead cranes are.
April 24, 20241 yr Cleveland should do everything in its power to repurpose and save that building. They simply don't make them like that anymore. Its an incredible testament to our industrial heritage.
April 24, 20241 yr This is potentially a lot bigger than just this one property. Working on an article about it. "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
April 24, 20241 yr the hulett factory purchase actually popped up on an insta i got fed, cant find it, but terrific news.
April 24, 20241 yr maybe they can fix it up and move the handful of saved deconstructed hullets over there and fix them up too. then place them proudly by the lake and around town. they could be cleveland’s watts towers or austin moonlight towers type attractions.
April 24, 20241 yr Cleveland’s Central-Fairfax: the next hot zone? By Ken Prendergast / April 24, 2024 Cleveland’s Central and Fairfax neighborhoods haven’t been a hot zone for new real estate development since the Jazz Age of the 1920s and 30s. Back then, streets like Cedar, Central and Quincy were hopping with jazz clubs, speakeasies, flappers and gangsters. Aside the many night spots were factories that hummed with tens of thousands of jobs during the daytime hours. Most were tightly clustered along the four-tracked Pennsylvania Railroad that was elevated in 1915 to reduce traffic congestion. MORE: https://neo-trans.blog/2024/04/24/clevelands-central-fairfax-the-next-hot-zone/ "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
April 24, 20241 yr 6 minutes ago, KJP said: Cleveland’s Central-Fairfax: the next hot zone? By Ken Prendergast / April 24, 2024 Cleveland’s Central and Fairfax neighborhoods haven’t been a hot zone for new real estate development since the Jazz Age of the 1920s and 30s. Back then, streets like Cedar, Central and Quincy were hopping with jazz clubs, speakeasies, flappers and gangsters. Aside the many night spots were factories that hummed with tens of thousands of jobs during the daytime hours. Most were tightly clustered along the four-tracked Pennsylvania Railroad that was elevated in 1915 to reduce traffic congestion. MORE: https://neo-trans.blog/2024/04/24/clevelands-central-fairfax-the-next-hot-zone/ I wouldn't hold my breath... City Council's new CBA, Councilman Starr, and the Weston cold storage TIF debacle have every local developer running for the suburbs.
April 24, 20241 yr 3 hours ago, RMB said: I wouldn't hold my breath... City Council's new CBA, Councilman Starr, and the Weston cold storage TIF debacle have every local developer running for the suburbs.
April 25, 20241 yr 22 hours ago, RMB said: I wouldn't hold my breath... City Council's new CBA, Councilman Starr, and the Weston cold storage TIF debacle have every local developer running for the suburbs. Care to elaborate?
April 25, 20241 yr Waiting on a construction loan like everyone else. "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
June 18, 2024Jun 18 On 4/24/2024 at 3:51 PM, KJP said: Cleveland’s Central-Fairfax: the next hot zone? By Ken Prendergast / April 24, 2024 Cleveland’s Central and Fairfax neighborhoods haven’t been a hot zone for new real estate development since the Jazz Age of the 1920s and 30s. Back then, streets like Cedar, Central and Quincy were hopping with jazz clubs, speakeasies, flappers and gangsters. Aside the many night spots were factories that hummed with tens of thousands of jobs during the daytime hours. Most were tightly clustered along the four-tracked Pennsylvania Railroad that was elevated in 1915 to reduce traffic congestion. MORE: https://neo-trans.blog/2024/04/24/clevelands-central-fairfax-the-next-hot-zone/ One of the buildings mentioned in this article, the Westinghouse-TAPCO plant caught fire early Monday morning. I don't know how much damage was done. This guy shared pictures of the site on Facebook... https://www.facebook.com/share/p/gbkBLV4h51qzQKsn/?mibextid=oFDknk "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
June 19, 2024Jun 19 On 6/18/2024 at 8:37 AM, JB said: Why’s everything catching fire recently? Those are surely not related to this specific fire. This place is a fire waiting to happen. There’s hundreds if not thousands of dumped tires inside. It’s a popular exploration spot. It’s wide open and left to the elements. I’d like to see the city use some of that funding they got to buy these old brownfield sites to purchase and raze this one. Would hate to live across from this as a new resident of the Warner and Swasey on Carnegie.
June 19, 2024Jun 19 This one's on the county. It's in their land bank. "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
June 20, 2024Jun 20 On 6/19/2024 at 9:00 AM, noname said: There’s hundreds if not thousands of dumped tires inside. Maybe in the section you see from Cedar, but it's actually pretty empty inside. It's a neat building and at the pace we're losing historical (in terms of Cleveland industrial history) hulking buildings this is one that I hope they can keep.
February 3Feb 3 Cool old church. The building next door is kinda funky too. Hope these get bought and renovated. https://www.loopnet.com/Listing/2101-E-46th-St-Cleveland-OH/31740469/ "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
February 4Feb 4 2 hours ago, KJP said: Cool old church. The building next door is kinda funky too. Hope these get bought and renovated. https://www.loopnet.com/Listing/2101-E-46th-St-Cleveland-OH/31740469/ Are there rumors of anything going in here?
February 4Feb 4 14 hours ago, KJP said: Cool old church. The building next door is kinda funky too. Hope these get bought and renovated. https://www.loopnet.com/Listing/2101-E-46th-St-Cleveland-OH/31740469/ This church, which I think has been a small food bank in recent years, is in what would have been the infield of Cleveland's first professional baseball stadium. National League Park, or Kennard Street Baseball Grounds, was home to the Blues/Spiders from 1879-1884. Unfortunately there isn't a ton of information available online about the park. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_League_Park
February 4Feb 4 15 hours ago, MyPhoneDead said: Are there rumors of anything going in here? Unfortunately, no. I just stumbled on the listing yesterday. "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
February 8Feb 8 On 2/4/2025 at 8:04 AM, PlanCleveland said: This church, which I think has been a small food bank in recent years, is in what would have been the infield of Cleveland's first professional baseball stadium. National League Park, or Kennard Street Baseball Grounds, was home to the Blues/Spiders from 1879-1884. Unfortunately there isn't a ton of information available online about the park. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_League_Park As seen on a wall in Forest City Brewery.
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